And for proof, look Dallin up on Youtube before he plays Canberra this arvo. Especially the clip of him scoring for NSW U/18s last year — two huge right foot steps.

And that’s just the start of his arsenal.

Speed, agility, smarts - throw in a knack of breaking defensive lines and you’ve more weaponry than The A-Team.

Little wonder New Zealand Rugby League secured his allegiances last year - at 17.

Actually I heard his old high school coach, Peter Ross, talking the other day. Said that during a game for Patrician Brothers’ Blacktown, he had to take his star from the field at half-time. Bit like the mercy rule, apparently.

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Kid had already scored four tries.

But that’s what he does - find a tryline. In the first dozen Holden Cup games last winter, he scored 13 tries. Thiiiiirteeen.

Won himself a premiership too.

And ever since, the comparisons have flowed. Brett Mullins is one. Will Hopoate another.

And when The Daily Telegraph named their Top 21 players Under 21 last year, Dallin was the only U/20 kid on the list.

But the greatest since, Brad Fittler? Big call.

Don’t tell anyone I was saying it, either - coach Ivan Cleary would go berserk. But that’s the tip.

News_Image_File: Dallin Watene-Zelezniak at Panthers training.

And from whispers I’ve heard around the Pioneer Tavern, well, only a brave man would bet against him eventually making that Panthers No.1 jersey his own.

Bigger question, of course, is if he stays in league. Dallin, see, is a Mormon, just like young Hoppa.

Meaning once his contract ends next season, well, does he serves Gus or God? Both are fairly persuasive apparently.

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